0001|                             HOUSE BILL 1
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            Michael Olguin
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT;
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0012|     APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE FORTY-THIRD
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0013|     LEGISLATURE, SECOND SESSION, 1998 AND FOR OTHER LEGISLATIVE
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0014|     EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SERVICE, THE
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0015|     LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY
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0016|     COMMITTEE, THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE, THE HOUSE CHIEF CLERK'S
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0017|     OFFICE AND THE SENATE CHIEF CLERK'S OFFICE; DECLARING AN
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0018|     EMERGENCY.
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0019|     
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0020|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0021|          Section 1.  There is appropriated for the expense of the
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0022|     legislative department of the state of New Mexico for the
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0023|     forty-third legislature, second session, for per diem and
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0024|     mileage of the members, for salaries of employees and for
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0025|     other expenses of the legislature, the sum of three million
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0001|     seven hundred twenty-seven thousand eight hundred fifty
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0002|     dollars ($3,727,850) or so much thereof as may be necessary
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0003|     for such purposes.
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0004|          Section 2.  The expenditures referred to in Section 1 of
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0005|     this act are as follows:
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0006|               A.  per diem for senators ------------ $   157,500;
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0007|                         B.  per diem for members of the house of
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0008|               representatives -----------------------$   270,000;
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0009|               C.  mileage traveled by members of the senate going
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0010|     to and returning from the seat of government by the usually
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0011|     traveled route, one round trip ------------------ $     4,068;
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0012|               D.  mileage traveled by members of the house of
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0013|     representatives going to and returning from the seat of
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0014|     government by the usually traveled route, one round trip -----
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0015|     ------------------------------------------------- $     6,324;
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0016|               E.  salaries and employee benefits of senate
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0017|     employees --------------------------------------- $   913,971;
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0018|               F.  salaries and employee benefits of house of
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0019|     representatives employees ----------------------- $ 1,204,873;
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0020|               G.  for expense of the senate not itemized above,
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0021|     two hundred eighty-three thousand six hundred eighty dollars
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0022|     ($283,680).  No part of this item may be transferred to
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0023|     salaries or employee benefits;
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0024|               H.  for expense of the house of representatives not
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0025|     itemized above, two hundred ninety-six thousand three hundred
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0001|     thirty-four dollars ($296,334).  No part of this item  may be
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0002|     transferred to salaries or employee benefits;
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0003|               I.  the expenditures for the house of
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0004|     representatives shall be disbursed on vouchers signed by the
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0005|     speaker and chief clerk of the house; the expenditures for the
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0006|     senate shall be disbursed on vouchers signed by the chairman
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0007|     of the committees' committee and the chief clerk of the
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0008|     senate; and
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0009|               J.  for session expenses of the legislative council
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0010|     service, the joint billroom and mailroom and joint legislative
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0011|     switchboard, five hundred ninety-one thousand one hundred
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0012|     dollars ($591,100) to be disbursed upon vouchers signed by the
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0013|     director of the legislative council service.  Following
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0014|     adjournment of the session, expenditures authorized under
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0015|     Subsections E through H of this section shall be disbursed
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0016|     upon vouchers signed by the director of the legislative
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0017|     council service.
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0018|          Section 3.  Computers purchased by the legislature are to
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0019|     be placed in the custody of the legislative council service by
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0020|     the chief clerks of the respective houses as soon after the
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0021|     session as practicable.  Computers not needed for legislative
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0022|     use may be offered for resale to state agencies, public
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0023|     officials, public institutions and local public bodies at a
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0024|     fair market price as determined by the legislative council,
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0025|     and the proceeds shall be deposited in the legislative
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0001|     information system fund.
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0002|          Section 4.  Under the printing contracts entered into for
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0003|     the forty-third legislature, second session, the chairman of
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0004|     the committees' committee of the senate, subject to the
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0005|     approval of the committee, and the speaker of the house of
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0006|     representatives are authorized and directed to provide for the
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0007|     printing of all bills, resolutions, joint resolutions,
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0008|     memorials and joint memorials introduced in the senate or
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0009|     house, the printing of the weekly bill locator and the
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0010|     printing of all necessary stationery required for use in the
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0011|     respective houses.  They are further directed to provide for
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0012|     the purchase of all supplies necessary for use in the
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0013|     respective houses within the appropriation provided.  The
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0014|     orders for printing, stationery and supplies shall be approved
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0015|     by the chairman of the committees' committee in the senate or
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0016|     by the speaker for the house.
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0017|          Section 5.  For the second session of the forty-third
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0018|     legislature, bills, resolutions, joint resolutions, memorials
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0019|     and joint memorials delivered to the printer shall be returned
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0020|     by the printer to the joint billroom within forty-two hours
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0021|     after they are ordered to be printed.  The billroom personnel
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0022|     shall supply a complete file of bills, resolutions, joint
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0023|     resolutions, memorials, joint memorials and other printed
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0024|     distribution materials to the following:
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0025|               A.  one copy to each member of the house of
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0001|     representatives and senate;
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0002|               B.  one copy to each county clerk, district judge,
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0003|     radio or television station and newspaper and to the general
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0004|     library of each state-supported institution of higher
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0005|     learning; and
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0006|               C.  upon written request therefor, one copy to each
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0007|     state department, commission, board, institution or agency,
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0008|     each elected state official, each incorporated municipality,
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0009|     each district attorney, each ex-governor, each member of the
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0010|     New Mexico congressional delegation and each public school
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0011|     district in the state.
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0012|          Section 6.  Any person not enumerated in Section 5 of
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0013|     this act may secure a complete file of the bills, resolutions,
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0014|     joint resolutions, memorials and joint memorials of the
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0015|     legislature by depositing with the legislative council service
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0016|     the amount of three hundred dollars ($300), which deposit
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0017|     shall be paid to the state treasurer to the credit of the
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0018|     legislative expense fund.  Additional single copies of items
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0019|     of legislation shall be sold for one dollar ($1.00) unless the
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0020|     director of the legislative council service shall, because of
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0021|     its length, assign a higher price not to exceed ten cents
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0022|     ($.10) per page.  Copies of a daily bill locator, other than
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0023|     those copies furnished each member of the respective houses,
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0024|     shall be supplied by the legislative council service at a
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0025|     charge of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the entire
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0001|     session.
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0002|          Section 7.  There is appropriated from the general fund
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0003|     to the legislative council service for fiscal year 1999 unless
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0004|     otherwise indicated, to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the
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0005|     director of the legislative council service, the following:
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0006|               A. Personal Services                 $ 1,928,400 
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0007|                  Employee Benefits                     618,300 
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0008|                  Travel                                132,100 
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0009|                  Maintenance & Repairs                  48,500 
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0010|                  Supplies & Materials                   41,200 
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0011|                  Contractual Services                  202,900 
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0012|                  Operating Costs                       291,100 
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0013|                  Other Operating Costs                 250,000 
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0014|                  Capital Outlay                         77,500 
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0015|                  Out-of-State Travel                   111,000 
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0016|                  Total                             $ 3,701,000;
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0017|               B.  for travel expenses of legislators other than
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0018|     New Mexico legislative council members, on legislative council
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0019|     business, for committee travel, staff and other necessary
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0020|     expenses for other interim committees and for other necessary
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0021|     legislative expenses for fiscal year 1999, the sum of nine
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0022|     hundred eighty-five thousand dollars ($985,000); provided that
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0023|     the New Mexico legislative council may transfer amounts from
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0024|     the appropriation in this subsection, during the fiscal year
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0025|     for which appropriated, to any other legislative appropriation
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0001|     where they may be needed;
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0002|               C.  for pre-session expenditures and for necessary
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0003|     contracts, supplies and personnel for interim session
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0004|     preparation, the sum of three hundred fifty-two thousand three
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0005|     hundred dollars ($352,300); and
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0006|               D.  for a statewide legislative intern program, the
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0007|     sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
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0008|          Section 8.  There is appropriated from the general fund
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0009|     to the legislative finance committee for fiscal year 1999, to
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0010|     be disbursed on vouchers signed by the chairman of the
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0011|     committee or his designated representative, the following:
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0012|               Personal Services                    $ 1,526,400 
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0013|               Employee Benefits                        447,800 
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0014|               Travel                                   136,000 
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0015|               Maintenance & Repairs                     26,500 
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0016|               Supplies & Materials                      26,700 
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0017|               Contractual Services                     166,000 
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0018|               Operating Costs                           92,700 
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0019|               Capital Outlay                            12,200 
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0020|               Out-of-State Travel                       34,500 
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0021|               Total                                $ 2,468,800.
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0022|          Section 9.  There is appropriated from the general fund
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0023|     to the legislative education study committee for fiscal year
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0024|     1999, to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the chairman of
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0025|     the committee or his designated representative, the following:
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0001|                  Personal Services                  $  452,400 
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0002|                  Employee Benefits                     125,100 
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0003|                  Travel                                 70,000 
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0004|                  Maintenance & Repairs                  15,000 
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0005|                  Supplies & Materials                   14,700 
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0006|                  Contractual Services                   15,000 
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0007|                  Operating Costs                        19,000 
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0008|                  Capital Outlay                         17,700 
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0009|                  Out-of-State Travel                    15,000 
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0010|                  Total                              $  743,900.
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0011|          Section 10.  There is appropriated from the general fund
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0012|     to the legislative council service for the interim duties of
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0013|     the senate rules committee the sum of twenty-one thousand six
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0014|     hundred dollars ($21,600) for fiscal year 1999.
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0015|          Section 11.  There is appropriated from the general fund
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0016|     to the legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal
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0017|     year 1999 for the operation of the house chief clerk's office,
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0018|     to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of the
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0019|     legislative council service, the following:
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0020|               Personal Services                      $ 195,600 
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0021|               Employee Benefits                         64,100 
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0022|               Travel                                     1,900 
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0023|               Maintenance & Repairs                         50 
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0024|               Supplies                                   1,000 
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0025|               Contractual Services                       3,000 
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0001|               Operating Costs                            3,900 
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0002|               Out-of-State Travel                       16,500 
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0003|               Total                                  $ 286,050.
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0004|          Section 12.  There is appropriated from the general fund
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0005|     to the legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal
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0006|     year 1999 for the operation of the senate chief clerk's
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0007|     office, to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of
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0008|     the legislative council service, the following:
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0009|               Personal Services                      $ 195,600 
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0010|               Employee Benefits                         64,709 
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0011|               Travel                                     2,100 
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0012|               Maintenance & Repairs                        225 
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0013|               Supplies                                   1,000 
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0014|               Contractual Services                      19,200 
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0015|               Operating Costs                            3,920 
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0016|               Out-of-State Travel                       11,472 
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0017|               Total                                  $ 298,226.
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0018|          Section 13.  CATEGORY TRANSFER.--Amounts set out in
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0019|     Sections 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 of this act are provided for
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0020|     informational purposes only and may be freely transferred
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0021|     among categories.  
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0022|          Section 14.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0023|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0024|     immediately.
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